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US 2024/0198201 A1Published application
Snag-free eyelet anchor
OwnerWilliam Coleman Layinventor
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Abstract
A snag-free eyelet anchor has an elongate, low-profile arc shape that provides reduction or elimination of snagging situations with netting and other snag-prone materials used with various frameworks such as recreational equipment, and more specifically, collapsible sports enclosures, including batting cages.
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An enhanced snag-resistant framework for use with a snag-prone material, the enhanced snag-resistant framework comprising:
- a plurality of flexible frame poles, each of the flexible frame poles is connectable to another one of the flexible frame poles, connected flexible frame poles being bendable to form an archway,
- a plurality of the flexible frame poles further comprising a coupler sleeve with a receiving recess, at least one of the flexible frame poles has an end that is removably insertable into the receiving recess to connect one flexible frame pole to another flexible frame pole,
- a plurality of the coupler sleeves further comprising an elongate, arc-shaped eyelet anchor connected to the coupler sleeve, and
- wherein the snag-resistant framework has an interior and comprises at least two archways aligned with and spaced from each other, the archways being connected to each other by an anchoring member, each archway having an eyelet anchor oriented inward from the snag-resistant framework, the anchoring member being secured to the eyelet anchor of one archway and being secured to the eyelet anchor of another archway, the anchoring member providing taut tension between the connected archways such that the archways and the anchoring member supports the snag-prone material.
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An enhanced snag-resistant frame pole, the frame pole comprising:
- a pole having a longitudinal axis, a first end, and a second end,
- a coupler sleeve secured to the first end of the pole to align with the longitudinal axis, the coupler sleeve having a receiving recess, and
- an eyelet anchor being elongate and having an arc shape, the eyelet anchor being connected to the coupler sleeve and being oriented to align with the longitudinal axis.
A snag-free eyelet anchor for attachment to a coupler sleeve having a longitudinal axis, the snag-free eyelet anchor comprising:
- an elongate, arc-shaped body attached to the coupler sleeve such that the elongate, arc-shaped body aligns longitudinally with the longitudinal axis,
- the elongate, arc-shaped body as attached to the coupler sleeve defines an opening between the elongate, arc-shaped body and the coupler sleeve, the opening having a height being defined as the greatest distance between the elongate, arc-shaped body and the coupler sleeve that is oriented transverse to longitudinal axis of the coupler sleeve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.